Thu, 3.7.02, 1:34 PM PT

Laura Flanders
WorkingForChange.com

03.07.02

Unfair trade

U.S.-led global economic policies are behind U.S. steel's crisis
George W. Bush's decision to impose taxes of up to 30 percent on most imported steel could spark a trade war with major European and Asian trading partners and push consumer prices up, we're told. It also could -- and should -- spark a much-needed national conversation about globalization and so-called "free trade."